By: Ahmed Umar Gosol, Jalingo


Thousands of Staff on table payment in kurmi Local Government area of Taraba State have lamented over non-payment of salary by the council Chairman of Kurmi local government John Danladi Amamzalla.


The staff who came out in their numbers were seen carrying flat cards singing solidarity songs in Baissa.


The headquarters of Kurmi local government.

Some of the staff who spoke under condition of anonymity told our correspondent that staff who received salaries in Banks have all received their salary leaving those on table on payment while approaching Christmas Period.


They said while waiting for their salaries to be paid, the Council Chairman of Kurmi John Amamzalla said at the burial ceremony of late Philemon Usman in Baissa that the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has run short of money to pay staff on table and that is what make them stage the protest.


They appealed to the Taraba state Governor to intervene into the issue with the view of reducing their hardship to move the local government and the state forward.


Speaking with our correspondent in Baissa, the Chairman of the Council, John Danladi Amamzalla appealed to the staff to remain calm as all effort is being put in place to meet their demand.